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now
the
Chr4é4n
being
foiled
may
be
raifed.
12
9'
Redeemer
in
the
waies
ofrighteouf
ies
vnto
his
kingdom
of
lory,but halt
and
tumble
euery
fiep
through
our infirmitie
:and
weaknes;yet
ifwe haucan
carnet±
de :re
ofcômirg
after
him,then
furely he
that
hath
giuen
thisineflimable
price
for
our redemption,wil
not
now
leaue
vs
in
the
hands
of
his
and
our
enemies;but will
feed
vs
with
thetoode
ofhis
word and
Sacraments, and f}rengthenand
support
vs
with
his
holy
fpi-
rit,inablingvs
with
the
graces
thereofto
follow
his
aeps,till
hauing obtained
full
libertie
wee arriue
at his'kingdome
of
euerlaf}ing
glorie.
Laf}ly,
that
I
may
fit
-the
fimilitude
to
the fpirituall
con-
§,Sag,
fli6i
whereof
we fpeake.
If
we haue
an
carrel}
defire
ofouer-
That
thole
are
,comming
oar. fpirituall enemies
,
and withi}anding
their
ch
Jisfoi
d-
temptations,
whereby they labour
to
draw
vs
to
finne
;
'wee
diirs
who
hale
may
be
affured
wee
are
Chrii
}s
íouldiers, how weakly foeuer
(;umr
rzf
(
their
We
fight when
we come to-the
incounter.For though
a foul-
fp),.àruall
ent-
dicr through
ficknes
be
fo
irzfecbed
that
he
cannot
weld his
nit
s.
weapon
again,{}
the
enemie
:
yet
if:-tee
march
forward, and
íhewa
couragious
heart
and
carnet} defire
to ouercome,
it
will hereby
plainly
appeare
that
lice
is
faithfull
to
his
Cap
-
taine,
and
Therefore
hee
±ball
receiue his pay,
though at the
fir{}
onfet his Inns
fhould faint vndcr him. And
fo
ifthrough
finne we
haue our fpirituall man
fo
weakned,that
he
is
ready
to
faint
at
the
fir{}
incounter with
our
fpirituall
enemies,
yet
if
we march
under Chrifis f}anderd,and
fight
the battailes
of
the Lord
of
hoses,
hauing
an
earnef}
defire
cuen
aboue
our
lrength
to
ouercome-
our
enemies, furely
Chrifi our
grand
Captaine
will
acknowledge
vs
for his fouldiers,and wit
giue
vs
our pay,
eueri
a
crowne
of
vi6
orie
:
and feeing
his
power
is
omnipotent
and
his
loue incomprehenfible,
we
may
make
lure
account
that
if
in
the fight
wee receiue
a
foile,
hee
will
>fiand
ouer
vs
to defend
vs
with the fhield
of
his
prouidence
and
raife
vs
vp
againe; yea
ifwe
be
taken prifoners and led
a-
way captiueby
finne
and Satan,
hee will
refcue
and
de
liner
vs.
There
is
no difcredit accreweth
to
a
fouldier by
receiving
wounds,orbybeingby wrefifiable
violence taken prifoner;
nay rather it
argueth
his
valour,
and fheweth that
the inui
n-
cible-
courage
of
his
minde
Both
farre
furpaífe
the
weak
force
IC
cif